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Show MAN WITH THE DRUM. ' H Is tfce WiMairy I-portait I-portait Proe IB Street . PrMWl. j The man with the drum is a very im- I portant individual these days of street processions. He keeps things moving j and men from lapgrir.gr behind quick- I step time and is altogether a thorough- ly indispensable person in a pariulo. ( The band only plays at intervals, but i the drum beats steadily on, says the Chicago Chronicle. Victory in battle is often due to the man with the drum, but he sounds the j summons to 'march on and the inspira- : tion of the tap fires the spirit and inflames in-flames the soul and sets the heyday in theblood rioting hotly with no thought or power to attend the uecision oi me judgment. The man with the drums at the Audi-.-orium is always the most interesting character in the enscmb'.e of the orchestra. or-chestra. High in the center he stands I among his fe:iows and his arms fly this I ,vav and that among the kettledrums I and his flexible wrists and fingers are in prpetnal motion, keeping the padded pad-ded drumsticks going. In some parts of the Wairner music he would sound the alarm of his beat with a savage sax- ; isfaction, and in vorspiel to the Me.ster- I singer his famous bombardment nerer i failed to bring a sntile of mirthful eu-i0Tm-nt to the generally impassiva countenance of the leader of th orchestra. or-chestra. ' . |